Improvement in rod-cutters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' DANIEL S. MERRITT, OF WENONA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN -Roo-cur ERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 16, 138, datedJanuary 6, 1874; application filed May 29, 1872. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL S, MEBRITT, of Wenona,in the county of Bayand State of Michigan, have invented certain Improvements inIron-Cutters, of which the following is 2 specification:

My invention relates to the arrangement of the movable jaws A and B,which, upon the downward stroke of the lever, are brought together, eachmoving half the distance, thereby saving half the travel of the lever,and each jaw performing half the work, both being provided withcutting-blades. V

' Figure-1 is a side or front view of my machine. Fig, 2 is across-section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are the movable jaws.

Manner of construction-I take a bar of iron set on its edge with a T at.each end, marked D, and upon it, at points a and b, are fastened doubleupright standards, marked (3 and E. Between the standards marked areplaced shears, marked A and B, said shears being joined by a boltpassing through the standards 0, at a point marked 41, and throughshears at points marked ef, said standards 0 being held together at thetop by abolt, marked 9 At the small end of the lower shear B arefastened by a bolt, at a point marked h, double iron straps marked G,said iron straps being fastened at the upper ends by a bolt to leverlllalki d. I. at point c, said lever F passing through standards markedE, and being fastened to said standards E by a bolt. Then, at a pointmarked j are fastened double iron straps, marked H, in the same .manneras at the point marked "6, said straps being carried up to the small endof the shear marked A, and fastened to it by a bolt at a point marked h;said lever F being continued from point j to Z, at which point is asocket marked m, to which may be attached an arm of any length. I claim-The jawsA and B, in combination withthe lever F and straps G and H, bywhich they are operated, and standards G and E, so arranged that eachjaw shall movehalf the distance, and perform half the work,substantially as described.

DANIEL S. MERRITT.

Witnesses:

J. H. LITTLE, A. 001mm;

